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No. 62l,050. Patented Mar. l4, I899. S.- FAIN.

COMBINED SWEATER AND HOOD.

(Application filed. Dec. 21, 1897. Renewed Jan. 11, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

SIMON FAIN, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH FAIN, OFSAME PLACE.

COMBINED SWEATER AND HOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,050, dated March14, 1899. Application filed December 21, 1897 Renewed January 11, 1899.Serial No. 701,854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, SIMON FAIN, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sweaterand Hood, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined sweater and hood, the object of theinvention being to provide a sweater with means whereby it can be usedas ordinarily in summer or it can have a detachable hood applied theretofor use in rainy or cold weather.

The invention consists of certain features of construction to behereinafter described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of thesweater, provided with a detachable hood, according to my invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation showing the hood attached to thesweater in position for use, excepting that the connecting cord orlacing is not drawn tight. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through thenecks of the connected hood and sweater, showing clearly how the lacingis led through the eyelets of the respective parts. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail transverse section on line 4 4, Fig. 2, showing theposition of the hood before the lacing is drawn taut; and Fig. 5 is asimilar section showing the lacing drawn taut.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a sweater, or it may indicate ashirt or similar garment, such as an outing-shirt, which is providedadjacent to the edge of its neck portion with a series of eyelets a,arranged around the same. 7

B is a hood, rather similar to those used on ladies waterproofs, whichmay be composed entirely of knitted fabric or cloth or it can becomposed of waterproof material lined with cloth or knitted fabric. Inthe drawings it is shown as composed of an outer waterproof covering band an inner lining of suitable warm material, such as knitted goods I).The opening through which the face protrudes may be edged with suitablebinding, as 79*, while to the rear of the same the hood is preferablyprovided with a reinforcing-binding biwhich is preferably formedcontinuous with the binding 19 by connecting the same at 19 Instead ofstitching the hood firmly to the sweater or shirt or forming the same inone therewith it is made detachable, so that the sweater or shirt can beworn as usual, as in the summer, without the hood, or it can be used inthe winter with the hood for protecting the head against rain and stormor for f ur nishing protection for the ears and neck against cold. Incarrying out the detachable feature of the hood the same is formed withan integral or separate hem O,which is stitched or otherwise suitablysecured to the lining b, as shown, and is provided with a series ofeyelets 0t, arranged around the same in such a manner as to correspondwith the position of. the eyelets (1, arranged around the neck portionof the sweater or shirtthat is to say, so that they can register witheach other.

The hem O, in connection with the adjacent portion of the interiorcovering of the hood, furnishes a pocket 0', through which theconnecting-lacing is run. A pocket is also provided on the sweater orshirt A, indicatinga strip of suitable material stitched or other; wisesecured to the inside of the sweater or shirt to form the pocket. Thisstrip A is a protecting-strip and protects the neck of the wearer of thesweater against rubbing by the eyelets ct or by the lacing when the sameis led through the eyelets for attaching the hood to the sweater.

D indicates the lacing, of suitable length, which when the hood isattached to the sweater or shirt is led through the eyelets in themanner as shown clearly in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that shortlengths of the lacing run directly through the pockets of the respectiveportions of the sweater and hood that is to say, it passes directly fromone eyelet to the adjacent registering eyelet. By thus leading thelacing through the pockets and eyelets the lacing is hidden from viewwhen the neck portion of the hood is drawn around the neck portion ofthe sweater and shirt and the ends of the lacing tied.

By constructing the sweater or shirt and the hood with eyelets and byhiding the eye lets in the manner indicated and furnishing the two partswith pockets through which the lacing can be led the sweater and thehood can be so combined as that they practically appear as one garment,when in reality by untying the lacing the hood can be quickly detachedfrom the shirt or can be replaced thereon, as the case may require.

It is evident that instead of eyelets the attached parts can befurnished with buttonlloles or similar orifices and that variousstructures of the hood and sweater or shirt can be resorted to,excepting in so far as relates to the detachable feature.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with a sweater or shirt providedwith a series of eyelets, and an interior protecting-strip attached tothe neck portion of the sweater so as to cover said eyelets and form apocket, of a detachable hood provided with lacing adapted to be runthrough the eyelets and pocket of the neck

